Foodie fridays: carrot apple ginger soup
“When the dog bites. When the bee stings. When we're fee-ling sad. We simply remember our favorite things, and then we don’t fee-l so-o-o bad!”
Does this song play in your head when it rains? Nope. Am we the only one? Brilliant. Surely, we can’t be the only Sound of Music fan in the world?
Julie Andrews had it right, think of your favorite things and then you won’t feel so bad. Which is what we tend to do for this post. As this month of May continues along with the rain, we felt compelled to work with some of our favorite ingredients to cure our blues.
Carrots. Apples. Ginger.
As we were stalking other food bloggers, we stumbled upon a recipe on Joy the Baker that called for a soup using these exact ingredients. Love when the universe works in your favor.
This soup calls for a pound and a half of carrots so if you start having x-ray vision give us a call. We could become superheros together and fight evil crime.
The apple provides thickness much like a potato would and the ginger, forget about it. In our opinion ginger should be in everything. Don’t you agree?
If you want a fresh, lighter, cure-your-blues, lightning-fast dinner that provides the possibility of superhero characteristics, then you will make this soup.
After all, who wants to feel a dog bite and a bee sting?
Print Recipe Carrot Apple Ginger Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
1 large apple, peeled, chopped
4 to 5 cups sliced, peeled carrots, chopped
4 cups vegetable broth
pinch of nutmeg
Salt and pepper
Directions:
In a large dutch oven preheated to medium heat, add olive oil. Then add onions and cook for a few minutes until tender. Add ginger and garlic, cook for a few more minutes. Add apple slices and carrots, cook for a few more minutes. Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer (uncovered) for about 30 minutes. Blend soup with an immersion blender. Add nutmeg and salt/pepper to taste.
recipe from Joy the Baker
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